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AuthorCarsten Kotter

Carsten is a Magic player from Germany and what people call an "Eternal specialist." He's a member of Team CAB, has won several pieces of Power playing Vintage, and pioneered Meandeck Gifts and Control Slaver. He also enjoys Legacy!

The Guide To Macro-Archetypes

Whether you’re a newcomer to competitive Magic or a seasoned veteran, Carsten has put together a great guide for you! Here, deckbuilding theory sits in one convenient place. What is aggro? What is control? What is combo? Carsten defines it all!

Why Aggro Died

Remember Zoo? How about the glory days of Maverick? Legacy Affinity, anyone? Here, Carsten gives a great explanation for the multi-faceted death of these strategies. A little Legacy theory would do you good before #SCGINVI!

You Choose The Brew! Episode 4

Carsten Kotter brings the first season of his community-driven series to a close. Find out how the deck turned out and what Carsten thinks must be done for it to prove itself at an event like #SCGDC!

Legacy Innovation Spotlight 2

It’s time to pay tribute to the brewers of the world! In this fresh Legacy look, Carsten shows you a few decks that, given the right time and the right mind, could show up to play spoiler at The Invitational at #SCGNJ in a few weeks!

Stormboarding

Too many players avoid playing Storm because of how difficult it can be to pilot. Carsten is here to help! Learn the crucial science of sideboarding with the deck to give you an advantage at #SCGNY!

Oathbreaking In Prague

Carsten catches you up on his latest big Vintage event! If you’re still learning the format, you can’t miss Carsten’s report with one of the most powerful decks around: Oath!

You Choose The Brew, Episode 3

Carsten continues his project to let you help him with some interesting new deck ideas! Here, he tests his builds against the proven Deathblade to see what sort of potential these decks have! Test them out for #SCGDAL!

Prague Eternal Weekend: Legacy Report!

Carsten Kotter is one of the foremost experts on playing Legacy Storm! Check out his highly detailed report on one of the most underrated archetypes in the American Legacy metagame!

Eternal Europe: You Choose The Brew, Episode II

The votes are in, and it’s Goblin Welder, Dack Fayden, and Transmute Artifact that are going to be teaming up across a variety of brews in an attempt to make shenanigans happen. See where the brewing experiment goes, and vote for your favorites!

Eternal Europe: Magic 2015

Carsten looks at Magic 2015 from the discerning perspective of a Legacy deckbuilder – what cards might make the cut in Eternal formats, and what cards (if any) look like they might form the center of new deck archetypes?

Eternal Europe: You Choose The Brew

Carsten is issuing himself a challenge, and he needs your help to guide his choices… which of these three deck shells seems the most promising, as he commits to building and tuning a new Legacy archetype based on one of these three different three-card sets?

What the Invitational Means For Legacy

Carsten could only watch from across the ocean as some of the best Legacy minds around converged at #SCGINVI! Today, he analyzes some of the amazing brews and stories from the event

Conspiring in Legacy

Carsten Kotter is typically not a fan of casual or multiplayer formats, but Conspiracy has been the exception! Find out how Carsten is brewing with Magic’s newest draft darling in time for #SCGINVI!

Post Good Results: Why 12 Post is Poised for Today’s Legacy

Carsten Kotter can metagame with the best of them! In this extensive 12 Post primer, he tells you why this deck may be Legacy’s most underrated archetype. Can it prove its merit at #SCGPROV?

Finish Him!

For Carsten Kotter, there’s nothing quite like a combo finish! He explores what is and is not a combo finish and the various approaches to combo finishes in Eternal formats.